Description
Ion Transport in Prokaryotes provides an advance treatise on ion transport and prokaryotic organisms.
This book is divided into three main topics—cation transport systems, anion transport systems, and plasmid-encoded transport systems. This compilation specifically discusses the proton transport and proton-motive force in prokaryotic cells, potassium transport in bacteria, and bioenergetic functions of sodium ions. The calcium transport in prokaryotes, phosphate transport in prokaryotes, and transport of organic acids in prokaryotes are also elaborated. This text likewise covers the chloride, nitrate, and sulfate transport in bacteria and bacterial magnesium, manganese, and zinc transport.
This publication is recommended for biologists, specialists, and students interested in the bacterial ion transport system.
Chapter
Chapter 1. Proton Transport and Proton-Motive Force in Prokaryotic Cells
II. GENERATION OF ∆p IN PROKARYOTIC CELLS
III. PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASE (H+-ATPASE)
IV. PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ELECTRON TRANSFER CHAINS, INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE, AND BACTERIORHODOPSIN
V. PROTON–SOLUTE COTRANSPORT SYSTEMS
VI. UTILIZATION OF ∆p IN PROKARYOTES OTHER THAN FOR ATP SYNTHESIS AND ACTIVE TRANSPORT
VIII. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
Chapter 2. Potassium Transport in Bacteria
II. STREPTOCOCCUS FAECALIS
V. LESS FREQUENTLY STUDIED SPECIES
VI. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 3.
Bacterial Sodium Transport: Bioenergetic Functions of Sodium Ions
II. Na+AS A SECONDARY COUPLING ION
III. Na+ AS THE PRIMARY COUPLING ION
Chapter 4. Bacterial Magnesium, Manganese, and Zinc Transport
Chapter 5. Calcium Transport in Prokaryotes
II. SECONDARY TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
III. PRIMARY CALCIUM TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
Part II:
Anion Transport Systems
Chapter 6. Phosphate Transport in Prokaryotes
II. PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI
III. PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT IN OTHER BACTERIA
IV. GENETIC STUDIES AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF COMPONENTS OF THE PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
V. TRANSPORT OF SOME PHOSPHATE ESTERS
VI. THE Pst SYSTEM AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE pho REGULON OF ESCHERICHIA COLI
Chapter 7. Chloride, Nitrate, and Sulfate Transport in Bacteria
II. SULFATE TRANSPORT IN SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM
III. SULFATE TRANSPORT IN DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS
IV. SULFATE TRANSPORT IN PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS
V. NITRATE TRANSPORT IN DENITRIFYING BACTERIA
VI. CHLORIDE TRANSPORT IN HALOBACTERIA
Chapter 8. Transport of Organic Acids in Prokaryotes
II. MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORT
III. DICARBOXYLATE TRANSPORT
IV. TRICARBOXYLATE TRANSPORT
Part III: Plasmid-Encoded Transport Systems
Chapter 9.
Plasmid-Encoded Ion Transport Systems
V. MERCURY(II) UPTAKE SYSTEM